Pregnancy outcome and live birth after IVF and ICSI according to embryo quality

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 159-165

  Fauque, Patricia ^a   Léandri, Roger ^a   Merlet, Françoise ^a   Juillard, Jean Claude ^a   Epelboin, Sylvie ^b   Guibert, Juliette ^c   Jouannet, Pierre ^a   Patrat, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c Hôpital Cochin Port Royal ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Embryo development; Embryo quality; IVF ICSI outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOMERE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 34247604093     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9115-z     Document Type: Article

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